Last month a jury convicted the 28-year-old Lafayette man of strangling and raping a woman in January while three of her children were home.

The victim’s 4-year-old son told investigators he was sleeping on a couch in the living room when Miske came into the home and began to beat the boy’s mother, at one point smashing her head against the wall and threatening to kill her before dragging her into a bedroom.

The victim told the court her rapist should remain locked up permanently.

“I do not feel I would be safe if he were to be released,” she said in court, according to a summary released by Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington.

“His extreme lack of remorse,” she added, “and the gall he had to make me and my daughter testify only confirms that he is not fit to be a member of society.”

Miske was convicted of two misdemeanors and seven felonies, including rape under threat of deadly force and two counts of criminal deviate conduct committed under threat of deadly force.

For just those three Class A felony counts, Miske was handed three 45-year sentences to be served consecutively.

He got six years for Class C felony confinement causing bodily injury, plus two years for each of his three Class D felony convictions: intimidation, strangulation and domestic battery in the presence of a child.

For battery and resisting law enforcement, both Class A misdemeanors, he was sentenced to one year each.

The entire sentence is to be served with Indiana Department of Correction.

The judge noted Miske’s military service, his difficult childhood, mental health issues, two dependents and solid employment record as mitigating factors in the case.

A substantial criminal history that includes illegal drug and alcohol use, the fact that he was on probation at the time of the offense and the particularly horrific nature of the crimes were among the aggravating factors.

The judge also counted the fact that Miske didn’t take responsibility for his actions by pleading guilty as a strike against him.